"Throngs of peaceful protesters were expected to take to Bay Area streets on Saturday as part of nationwide No Kings rallies seeking to cast President Donald Trump as an authoritarian ruler. In the Bay Area, Democratic-aligned groups had planned about 50 protests for Saturday afternoon in San Jose, Oakland, San Francisco, Palo Alto, Walnut Creek, Hayward, Pittsburg and a slew of other cities, according to the event's website."
"House Speaker Mike Johnson, a Republican ally of the president, has blasted the marches as un-American and said Democratic lawmakers in Washington, D.C., are seeking to drag out the ongoing partial shutdown of the federal government. In Oakland, protesters were slated to gather at Wilma Chan Park in the city's Chinatown neighborhood at 11:30 a.m. and march to Lake Merritt. Organizers expected crowd sizes to surpass those of the No Kings rallies in mid-June, when 10,000 protesters showed up."
Nationwide No Kings rallies prompted planned demonstrations across the Bay Area with about 50 protests scheduled in San Jose, Oakland, San Francisco, Palo Alto, Walnut Creek, Hayward, Pittsburg and other cities. Local chapters of Indivisible, the SEIU, 50501 and multiple unions and progressive groups are among organizers. Protest web pages assert that the president thinks his rule is absolute and affirm 'we don't have kings' in America. President Trump has pushed back against that characterization. House Speaker Mike Johnson criticized the marches as un-American and accused Democratic lawmakers of seeking to prolong the partial federal government shutdown. Organizers expect larger crowds than mid-June and emphasize nonviolence.
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